In this episode’s guest pairing, a sustainability professional (Michelle Benavides, LEED AP BD+C) and a neurosurgeon + author of, Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis (Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD), meet for the first time to converse with the Silo Solving podcast host (Danelle Marqui Brown), on the topic of “SDGs by 2030.” As the global 2030 deadline nears, for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, what can we learn and apply from the fields of neuroscience and behavioral studies, to help us better reach such goals?
**ABOUT THE GUESTS
Michelle Benavides, LEED AP BD+C**As the Executive Director of The International Society of Sustainability Professionals, Michelle, leads the world’s leading professional association for sustainability practitioners, empowering them to advance sustainability in organizations and communities around the globe. As a business leader, international trainer, and strategic community-builder, she works to pave the way for every individual to engage in sustainability development. As a LEED AP BD+C-credentialed high-performance buildings educator, U.S. Green Buildings Council faculty member, and Fitwel Ambassador, she trained more than 2,000 professionals worldwide by delivering on-demand courses and in-person sessions, before joining ISSP in February 2022. In her community-building work, she has represented ASHRAE, USGBC, IDEAS for Us, and other organizations to teach sustainability fundamentals.
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Ann-Christine Duhaime, MDEncompassing the realms of medicine, neuroscience, climate science, and biophilic design, Dr. Duhaime,’s work resides at critical intersections of the brain, climate change, healthcare sustainability, and environmental behavior change. She is a senior pediatric neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Director of the Center for the Environment and Health. Additionally, Dr. Duhaime is the Nicholas T. Zervas Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and Faculty Associate of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. She is also the author of Minding the Climate, which investigates the neuroscience of decision-making and how that poses a challenge when it comes to changing our behavior and our consumer tendencies, in the face of climate change.
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THE 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) (2030 Deadline)
THE HOSTDanelle Marqui Brown
PRODUCED BYBy Mnemosyne
Executive Producer: Danelle Marqui Brown